Ii course examination material (for part time qroups) Translate the text: Great journeys Marco Polo

Translate the text: Great journeys
Vasco da Gama. In 1497 Vasco da Gama was sent by the King of Portugal to find a sea route to India. With four ships and 170 men . He sailed down the Atlantic Ocean. After surviving a terrible storm, finally he reached the Cape of Good Hope, the southern tip of Africa. There he abandoned his largest ship. He sailed up the coast of East Africa, stopping in various ports. The Portuguese were surprised to find rich Arab towns with stone houses on the coast. The Sultan of Melindi weicomed him and supplied 2 Arab pilots to guide him to India. Thanks to them he was able to cross the Indian Ocean to Calicut. Shortly after that, da gama departed for home with a rich cargo of spices. But he lost 110 men and two ships. He sailed to India again in 1502. After his voyage he retired. However, at the age of 64, he decided to return to India. But he died in Goa shortly after arriving there in 1524.


Translate the text: Wave power
This is a picture of CumbreVieja, a huge, active volcano on La Palma, the steepest island in the world, in the Canary Islands. Every few decades it erupts and scientists are worried because the walls of the volcano are getting weaker. Scientists fear that when it erupts, an enormous chunk of the volcano could collapse and fall into the sea. If this happened, it would be a catastrophe. Why? Because it would unleash a giant wave –a tsunami- the biggest ever recorded in history. How would it happen? The volcano is by the sea, and the water next to the volcano is about six kilometers deep. If the volcano collapsed, a landslide of 500 billion tons of rock would fall into the sea. This would create a huge tsunami about 100 meters high.


Translate the text: Wave power
What would happen next? The wave would travel away from the Carany Islands in all directions at about 800 km/h. The other Carany Islands would immediately be covered by water. In less than an hour a 90 meter wave would flood north-west Africa. The side of the volcano faces west, across the Atlantic Ocean, which would protect Africa and Europe a little. However, a 12 meter tsunami would still crash against Lisbon within three hours and after five hours the tidal wave would reach Britain. The wave could travel a km inland and devastate towns and villages. London would be flooded.